Anybody have their headlights explode on them?

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Aug 27, 2002

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Anybody have their headlights explode on them?

Just got my car back from the dealer and in the span of the next 2 days both lights exploded leaving my chrome insides and lens all smokey and burnt looking. Gotta be some kind os power surge. Anyone have any clues about the cause?

Aug 27, 2002

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Wha the heezy, gotta be some kinda of electrical fuse problem. That is really weird.

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[hr]Anybody have their headlights explode on them?[hr]

Only when I got into my accident...otherwise it would have to be an eletrical problem that the dealer SHOULD cover under warrenty.

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[hr]Originally posted by: EvilDave666
have you changed your bulbs recently? maybe the dealer replaced the bulbs and got oil from their fingers on it. happens all the time. (not to me..lol)[hr]

Exactly what he said... oil may have gotten on the bulbs, therefore creating an explosion of the xenon charged bulbs.

Sometimes they fog up the headlamp if they explode.

Aug 27, 2002

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That happened to my buddy in his Altima..although his problem was he was screwing around with the bulb causing it to shatter, but his bulb harnesses were all fried, causing his to fork over some money to have em fixed...

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what kind of bulbs were u using and what wattage were they?

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Exactly what he said... oil may have gotten on the bulbs, therefore creating an explosion of the xenon charged bulbs.

Sometimes they fog up the headlamp if they explode.[hr]

Yup, even grease from people's hands can cause problems (it causes the affected area to get hotter than the rest of the bulb) The bulbs should be cleaned with 91% alcohol if this happens.

Aug 27, 2002

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hey look at it this way, now you got the jdm headlight look.

Aug 28, 2002

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Nope, no grease on them, and i also had them on for a year already. Also, if it was an electrical problem, I thought the fuse would blow WAY before the load would, in this case, the bulbs. And there ain't no warrenty coverage cuz these bulbs are those aftermarket bulbs.